25.4% ▲ +99.9%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canterbury · State Electorate
Religion in Canterbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A strong sense of faith guides daily life in Canterbury, where nearly half the population identifies as Christian. While those with no religion have increased over the last decade, the area remains far more religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.6%, followed by Islam at 7.2%, Buddhism at 6.2%, and Hinduism at 4.3%. Only 25.4% of people report no religion, a figure far below the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Canterbury, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (25%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 23.8%
- Orthodox 14.9%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Anglican 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 25.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10015/canterbury/topic/religion